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Customer: Hiiâ¦ May I have an espresso with lots and lots of love pleaseâ¦!!

Swaraâs head snaps up at once on hearing the voiceâ¦!!

Swara: Youâ¦!! Ummâ¦ Sanskaar what are you doing hereâ¦??Sanskaar: Not fair partnerâ¦ Do you ask the same question to all your customersâ¦??Swara: Thatâs not an answer to my questionâ¦ (folds her hands across her chest) What are you doing hereâ¦??Sanskaar: As this is a Coffee House obliviously Iâm here to drink coffeeâ¦!! Do you have any problemâ¦??Swara: Yes I doâ¦!! Now stop joking around and move away, other customers are waitingâ¦!!

Sanskaar smiles and moves aside standing near the counterâ¦ and Swara gets busy in taking down the ordersâ¦!! When she gets done with all the customers Sanskaar decides to speakâ¦

Sanskaar: Actually, you are rightâ¦!! I came here because someone called meâ¦!!Swara: (gets confused and turns to look at him) Whoâ¦??Sanskaar: (hiding his smile) Nightingaleâ¦!!Swara: (shocked) Whatâ¦?? Bâ¦ Bâ¦ But howâs this possibleâ¦??Sanskaar: (acting innocently) Why Swaraâ¦?? Is there something wrongâ¦??Swara: I meanâ¦ sheâ¦ she canât call youâ¦!! (to herself) This is not possibleâ¦ I didnât call himâ¦!! He called me yesterdayâ¦!! Who the hell is this girlâ¦??Sanskaar: Reallyâ¦!! But she didâ¦!! Last nightâ¦ after you hung upâ¦!!Swara: Whatâ¦ she called you so late at nightâ¦?? Look Sanskaarâ¦ she called you so late at nightâ¦!! She doesnât seem like a good girlâ¦!!Sanskaar: (chuckles silently) How can you say like thatâ¦?? You know I like herâ¦Swara: (double shocked) You like herâ¦!!Sanskaar: Voiceâ¦!! I like her voiceâ¦!! And I think we are going to be great friends one dayâ¦!!Swara: Butâ¦ How are you so sureâ¦?? You havenât even met herâ¦!!Sanskaar: But I will meet herâ¦ one day or the otherâ¦!!

Swara mutters something under her breath cursing the girl who called himâ¦

Sanskaar: Nowâ¦ if you are done cursing her, can you please get me my coffeeâ¦!! Iâll be sitting right thereâ¦ (points towards the table lying in one corner)Swara: (glaring at him) Iâ¦ wasâ¦ notâ¦ cursingâ¦ herâ¦!!Sanskaar: (grinning widely) Yeahâ¦ yeahâ¦!! I knowâ¦!! My coffee pleaseâ¦!!Swara: (in a formal mode) Please have your seat sirâ¦!! Your coffee will be there in five minutesâ¦!!Sanskaar: (in a bossy mode) It better beâ¦!! And rememberâ¦ An espresso with lots and lots of loveâ¦!!Swara: (sarcastically) How can I ever forgetâ¦??Sanskaar: (winks at her) Goodâ¦!! Now make it quickâ¦!!

He moves towards his table and Swara starts making his coffeeâ¦

After 5 minutesâ¦ Swara comes to Sanskaarâs table and keeps the cup on the table with a bangâ¦

Sanskaar: Woahâ¦!! Easy there lionessâ¦!!Swara: Here you go sirâ¦ Your extra special coffee with lots and lots of loveâ¦!!Sanskaar: Thank you so muchâ¦!! (Swara turns to go but Sanskaar calls her back) Are you busyâ¦??Swara: Huhhâ¦??Sanskaar: Areâ¦ youâ¦ busyâ¦??

Swara looks around the place and sees that there are not many customersâ¦

Swara: Not reallyâ¦!! There are not many customersâ¦!!Sanskaar: Goodâ¦!! Sit downâ¦!!Swara: Huhhâ¦??Sanskaar: Why do you get so confused on each and every sentence I speakâ¦!! I guess its simple English Iâm speakingâ¦!! I just asked you to sit downâ¦ (Swara opens her mouth to argue but he cuts in between) And before you argueâ¦ Iâm asking you to sit down because I want to show you somethingâ¦!! Now close your mouth and sit downâ¦!!Swara: (sits down) What is itâ¦??Sanskaar: (drinking coffee) Hmmâ¦ Looks like the taste of love has changedâ¦!!Swara: Is it that badâ¦?? Give it to meâ¦ Iâll make another oneâ¦!! (forwards her hand to take the cup but Sanskaar retreats the cup back)Sanskaar: Relax baby dollâ¦!! I was jokingâ¦!!Swara: Seriously Sanskaarâ¦!! Canât you use a single name for meâ¦?? Every time you call me itâs with some different nameâ¦!!Sanskaar: Wellâ¦ Itâs not my fault that no name seems good enough to me for youâ¦!!Swara: (scrunching her eyebrows) And what is that supposed to meanâ¦??Sanskaar: Nothingâ¦!! First see thisâ¦!!

He hands his mobile phone to herâ¦ Swara takes a look at it and finds that itâs a videoâ¦

Swara: Itâs a videoâ¦!!Sanskaar: Reallyâ¦!! So, intelligent Swaraâ¦!!Swara: Shut upâ¦!! But what is itâ¦??Sanskaar: There is one thing that is known asâ¦ The play buttonâ¦!! You knowâ¦ we use it to play the videosâ¦!!Swara: Reallyâ¦!! I thought itâs used to make your brain start workingâ¦!!

She turns her attention back to the video and plays itâ¦!! Sanskaar chuckles and sips his coffee looking at her intently and studying her change of expressions as the video progressesâ¦

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Sahil is sitting at his table when his friends arrive along with Kavitaâ¦ Kavita comes and sits in front of Sahil followed by his other friends occupying the rest of the vacant chairsâ¦

Kavita: What happened Bhaiâ¦?? You seem a bit lostâ¦!!Sahil: Swara came todayâ¦ to talk to meâ¦!!Kavita: About whatâ¦??Sahil: The fresherâs party and about whatever happened in thereâ¦!!Kavita: So she knowsâ¦??Sahil: (nods his head and smirks) But she wonât be able to do anythingâ¦!! So, donât worryâ¦!!

He lifts the coffee up to his lips but as soon as he takes the sip he spits the entire content in his mouth on Kavitaâs faceâ¦!!

Kavita: (shrieking) What the hellâ¦?!?!Sahil: Iâmâ¦ Iâm so sorry Kaviâ¦!! (shouts) Why the hell does my coffee taste like lemonâ¦??Kavita: (wiping off her face) Lemonâ¦!!Sahil: Whoever it is, Iâm not going to leave themâ¦!!

He gets up and leaves the cafeteria angrily throwing the cup in the trash canâ¦ and followed by rest of his minionsâ¦

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Swara starts laughing seeing the video but stops abruptly on finding almost everyone in there staring at herâ¦ She smiles sheepishly at them and turns towards Sanskaarâ¦

Swara: I donât believe thisâ¦!! It would have been even more fun seeing their live reactionsâ¦!! I really wish I could have seen itâ¦!!Sanskaar: Donât worryâ¦ there is always a next timeâ¦!!Swara: What do you meanâ¦?? (widens her eyes as soon as she realizes) Oh noâ¦ noâ¦ noâ¦!! Donât tell me youâre going to make to do something like that againâ¦!!Sanskaar: If theyâll try to pull up something again then definitely yesâ¦!!Swara: (takes a deep breath) Weâll talk about it laterâ¦!!Sanskaar: So cupcakeâ¦ If your shift is done then shall we get goingâ¦??Swara: (frowning) Did you just called me cupcakeâ¦??Sanskaar: (nods his head) Yupâ¦ I didâ¦?? You are my cupcakeâ¦ sweet and delicateâ¦!! I wish I could learn how to make a cupcakeâ¦!!Swara: But surely you know how to make fool out of peopleâ¦!! Shall I take this as a compliment thenâ¦??Sanskaar: (shrugs his shoulders) Your wishâ¦!!Swara: Seriouslyâ¦!! Some day if youâll find me blushing due to some reason or the other then youâll call me tomatoâ¦!!Sanskaar: (acts like thinking) Ummâ¦!! Noâ¦ Iâll prefer cherryâ¦!! Yupâ¦ cherry suits youâ¦!!Swara: (gets irritated and stands up from the chair turning around to go) Ughhâ¦!! Why do I even talk to youâ¦!!Sanskaar: Because you love meâ¦!!

Swara stops in her tracksâ¦ As soon as the words hit her ears and get registered in her brain, her heart skips a beatâ¦!! She turns around to see Sanskaar smiling at herâ¦ Not giving his world-famous goofy smirk but a genuine heart beat raising genuine smileâ¦!! Swara couldnât help but smile back at himâ¦

Swara: We can leave in ten minutesâ¦!! I have one or two more customersâ¦!!

Sanskaar nods and Swara leaves to take the further ordersâ¦

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Swara: Shitâ¦!!Sanskaar: (imitating her) Double shitâ¦!! (turns to Swara) But what happenedâ¦??Swara: (looks at him in disbelief) You live hereâ¦?? Like seriouslyâ¦!! This is at least ten times as big as my houseâ¦!! (she looks at the house and then at herself) Are you sure I should go in thereâ¦??Sanskaar: (frowning a little bit) What do you mean by thatâ¦?? You are actually welcomed here more than anyone elseâ¦!! And technically you are the first girl ever I have brought to my houseâ¦!! So stop hesitating and get moving as Iâm feeling very hungryâ¦!!

He grabs her wrist and pulls her towards the entrance of the houseâ¦

As soon as Swara enters the house Annapurna and Sujata almost lunge towards herâ¦

Annapurna: (engulfs her in a bear hug) Itâs so nice to see you here Swaraâ¦!!Swara: Itâs great to meet you tooâ¦!!

Annapurna breaks the hug and Sujata hugs Swaraâ¦

Sujata: Come betaâ¦ we have made some snacks for youâ¦!! Just have them before you both start studyingâ¦!!Sanskaar: (sarcastically) Wow Momâ¦ thanks for inviting me tooâ¦!! I know you love me so muchâ¦!!Sujata: Yeahâ¦ Yeahâ¦!! Now stop being a drama queenâ¦!! We have made enough for both of youâ¦!!

All four of them move towards the dining hallâ¦

Swara: (seeing the food on dining table) Oh Godâ¦!! This muchâ¦!! (to Annapurna and Sujata) You really didnât need to do thisâ¦!!Sanskaar: Greatâ¦!! So all for me onlyâ¦!!

He hops on his chair grabbing his plate when Sujata hits his handâ¦

Sujata: Manners Sanskaarâ¦!! Guests firstâ¦!!Sanskaar: (pouting like a kid whose candy has just been stolen away right from his hand) But you said she isnât a guestâ¦ she is like your daughterâ¦!!Swara: (chuckles and takes the plate forwarding towards Sanskaar) Hereâ¦!! You take thisâ¦!! Iâll take another oneâ¦!!Sanskaar: (smiles goofily and takes the plate) And thatâs why you are my best friendâ¦!!

Swara smiles but it soon falters as she hears what Sanskaar says nextâ¦

Sanskaar: I seriously love you so muchâ¦!!

Swaraâs heart skips a beat as soon as the words leave Sanskaarâs mouthâ¦ Itâs the first time she hears him saying that he loves herâ¦!! Sanskaarâs eyes widen as he realizes what he just blurted outâ¦

Sanskaar: (immediately) As a friendâ¦!! I love you so much as a friendâ¦!!

Swara gives him a weak smile and turns her attention towards her plateâ¦!! Sanskaar too starts eating stealing glances from Swara every now and thenâ¦!! But just a few minutes later Swaraâs eyes shoot up when she hears Sanskaar squealingâ¦ She looks up only to find a girl two or three years older to her grabbing Sanskaar by his left earâ¦

Sanskaar: Owwâ¦ owwâ¦ Diâ¦!! Leaveâ¦ I only have a pair of ears and as far as I remember yours were functioning pretty well last time I noticedâ¦!!Girl: (still holding his ear) You dare to make a girlfriend and havenât even informed your one and only elder sisterâ¦!!Sanskaar: How can I reply when you are holding my earâ¦??Girl: Iâm holding your ear not your tongue stupidâ¦!!Annapurna: Uttaraâ¦ First leave his earâ¦!! Seeâ¦ it has already turned redâ¦!!

Uttara leaves his ear and looks at Swaraâ¦

Annapurna: Swaraâ¦ meet Uttaraâ¦!! My daughterâ¦ Lakshâs elder sister and Sanskaarâs cousinâ¦!!Swara: (smiles) Hiiâ¦!! Iâm Swaraâ¦!!Uttara: (points towards Sanskaar) This stupidâs girlfriendâ¦??Swara: (widens her eyes and her cheeks heat up) Whatâ¦?!?! Noâ¦!! We are just friendsâ¦!!Sanskaar: (nods his head still rubbing his ears) Rightâ¦!! Just friendsâ¦!! Maaâ¦ Iâm doneâ¦!! Swaraâ¦ would you like to come to my roomâ¦??Swara: (shocked) Whatâ¦?!?!Sanskaar: For doing the projectâ¦!! We can get the work done there in peaceâ¦!!

He hops off his chair and moves towards his roomâ¦ Uttara and Swara followâ¦

Uttara: Soâ¦??Swara: Huhhâ¦!! Whatâ¦??Uttara: You sure that there is nothing going on between you and my brotherâ¦??Swara: 100%…!! We are just friendsâ¦!!Uttara: Reallyâ¦!! Then maybe I deciphered wrongly whatever I sawâ¦!!Swara: Iâm sorry but I didnât get itâ¦!!Uttara: I meanâ¦ the way he looks at youâ¦ I guessed he takes you just more than a friendâ¦!! But since you say that there is nothing between you twoâ¦ maybe I guessed wrongâ¦!! (Swara nods and gives a small smile) Even though, it was great meeting youâ¦!! I should goâ¦as I still have some assignment workâ¦!! (hugs Swara) Come back soonâ¦!! (breaks the hug) I have a feeling we are going to be great friendsâ¦!!Swara: (smiles) Me tooâ¦!!Uttara: (pointing towards a room) This is Sanskaarâs roomâ¦!! See you soonâ¦!!Swara: Yeahâ¦!! Thank youâ¦!! It was a pleasure meeting youâ¦!!Uttara: (smiles) Byeâ¦!!Swara: Byeâ¦!!

Uttara leaves and Swara turns towards the doorâ¦ After taking a few deep breaths she knocks at the doorâ¦

Swara opens the door and finds Sanskaar sprawling on his bed with his laptop on his lapâ¦ he pats the bed in front of himâ¦

Sanskaar: Comeâ¦ sitâ¦!!

Swara gulps and looks nervously at the bed and then at Sanskaar who is looking at something in his laptopâ¦ But soon he realizes that Swara is still standing awkwardly near the door trying to decide what to doâ¦

Sanskaar: I donât bite Swaraâ¦ So there is nothing that you are thinking so muchâ¦!! Iâm just asking you to come and sitâ¦!!

Swara nods her head and sits on the extreme edge of the bedâ¦ Sanskaar looks at her and shakes his head smiling at herâ¦

Sanskaar: Cupcakeâ¦!! Hereâ¦ take this laptop and start searchingâ¦!! Iâm coming back in a minuteâ¦!!

He gets up and moves towards his cupboardâ¦

Swara: Where are you goingâ¦??Sanskaar: (taking out his clothes and shows them to Swara) To changeâ¦ obviouslyâ¦!! And donât tell me you were expecting me to change hereâ¦ in front of you onlyâ¦!!

Swara blushes hard on hearing this and her cheeks turn crimson redâ¦ She immediately looks away and takes a pillow from the bedâ¦

Swara: (throwing the pillow) Shut up and get outâ¦!!Sanskaar: (dodges successfully and smiles victoriously) Whoa, look at youâ¦!! Itâs been hardly five minutes that you entered my room and you are asking me to get outâ¦!!Swara: You were going to change I thinkâ¦!!Sanskaar: But I donât need to go out for thatâ¦!! I have my very own en-suite bathroomâ¦!!Swara: Yeah rightâ¦!! Are you going or you have planned to waste the entire time doing nothing but your useless talksâ¦??Sanskaar: Okayâ¦ okayâ¦!! Iâm goingâ¦!!

He leaves and Swara starts searching the net for the projectâ¦

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After two hoursâ¦

Sanskaar: I think thatâs enough for todayâ¦!! We can do rest of the things tomorrowâ¦!!Swara: But I have to go tomorrowâ¦!!Sanskaar: (confused) Whereâ¦??Swara: I drive taxi after the college time, rememberâ¦!!Sanskaar: (irked) Why do you drive that taxiâ¦??Swara: I need to do something for a livingâ¦!!Sanskaar: (mutters to himself) I seriously need to do something about thatâ¦!!Swara: What do you mean by thatâ¦??Sanskaar: Nothingâ¦!! Letâs get you back homeâ¦!!Swara: (nods her head) Iâm going to bid a good-bye to aunty thenâ¦!!Sanskaar: Butâ¦ butâ¦ butâ¦Swara: What butâ¦??Sanskaar: Before you go, I have something for youâ¦!!Swara: (surprised and shocked at the same time) You brought me a giftâ¦?!?!

Sanskaar shrugs his shoulder and moves towards his cupboardâ¦ he takes out a bag and gives it to Swaraâ¦

Sanskaar: Here you goâ¦!!Swara: What it isâ¦??Sanskaar: Look for yourselfâ¦!!Swara: (opens the box) Seriously Sanskaarâ¦!! You bought me thisâ¦??Sanskaar: I knew that Iâll picking you up from the coffee house and you wonât have time to change soâ¦Swara: Soâ¦ you bought me a sareeâ¦!!Sanskaar: I like to see you wearing thisâ¦ and I want to see you wearing a blue oneâ¦ So I bought thisâ¦!! You donât like thisâ¦??

Swara looks at Sanskaar and couldnât miss his hopeful childish eyesâ¦ She smiles at onceâ¦

Swara: (smiling) Itâs beautifulâ¦!!Sanskaar: (nervously) Will you wear it thenâ¦??Swara: (shocked) Nowâ¦??Sanskaar: Pleaseâ¦!! I really want to be the first one to see you wearing thisâ¦!!

Swara looks at him and something flashes in his eyes that she couldnât resist himâ¦

Swara: Get out of the roomâ¦!!Sanskaar: (a bit sadly) Sorryâ¦!! I didnât want to anger youâ¦!! I really donât know what I was thinkingâ¦ I meanâ¦ I meanâ¦ I donât know what I was thinking when I was buying itâ¦!! I should have thought onceâ¦!! Oh Godâ¦ You are so stupid Sanskaarâ¦!!Swara: Shut up Sanskaarâ¦!! If you wonât go out how am I going to wear this thenâ¦!!Sanskaar: (still rambling) Yeah I get thatâ¦!! But seriously I didnât meant toâ¦ Waitâ¦!! Whatâ¦?? What did you sayâ¦??Swara: I said if you wonât go out how am I going to wear this thenâ¦!!Sanskaar: (grins widely) Reallyâ¦!!Swara: Now get out and come back after 15 minutesâ¦!!Sanskaar: Yeahâ¦ yeahâ¦ okayâ¦!!

He goes out and Swara smiles seeing himâ¦

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After 20 minutesâ¦

Sanskaar: (from outside) Swaraâ¦!!Swara: (from inside the room) Just five minutes more Sanskaarâ¦!!Sanskaar: You said 15 minutes and now itâs over 20 minutesâ¦!!Swara: I knowâ¦ almost doneâ¦!! Comingâ¦!!

Sanskaar waits in anticipation when Swara opens the doorâ¦

Swara: Sorryâ¦ sorryâ¦ sorryâ¦!! I was not getting it rightâ¦!! (looks at Sanskaar) Sanskaarâ¦?!?!

But Sanskaar is all lostâ¦ he keeps staring at her without blinking his eyesâ¦!! His mouth open ajar and eyes almost ready to bulge out of their socketsâ¦!! Swara blushes with his eyes on herâ¦!!

Swara: (snaps her fingers in front of him) Sanskaarâ¦!!Sanskaar: Haanâ¦!! Ummâ¦!! Youâ¦ you look beautifulâ¦!!Swara: (smiles shyly) Thanksâ¦!!Sanskaar: Will you get angry if Iâll do somethingâ¦??Swara: What do youâ¦

But before she could complete Sanskaar takes his hand towards the back of her head and unpins her bun letting her shiny black hairs fall freely down to her waistâ¦

Swara: (shocked) What are you doing Sanskaarâ¦?? (she holds her hairs to put them in a bun again but Sanskaar holds her hands)Sanskaar: You look perfect like thisâ¦!!

Swara smiles and avoids his gazeâ¦ and before she could realize she feels Sanskaar leaning towards herâ¦!! She could feel her heartbeat raising and no matter how much she wanted to pull away she couldnât do so, as if some part of her didnât allow her to do soâ¦ She closes her eyes tightly as she feels his warm breath fanning across her faceâ¦

Sanskaar keeps on leaning… their lips a few inches apartâ¦!! Just at that moment Sanskaar snaps out of his dazed state and pulls away before he could do something he didnât intended toâ¦!!

âTo have my First Kiss in the presence of thousand twinkling lightsâ

Swaraâs last wish in her wish-list rings in his headâ¦

Sanskaar: Shitâ¦!! Sorryâ¦!! Iâ¦ Iâ¦ I think we should leaveâ¦!! Iâll be waiting for you in the carâ¦!! (he rushes out of the room)

Swara feels rejected and she couldnât help as a tear-drop rolls down her cheeksâ¦ She wipes them using the back of her hands and bends down towards the bed to pick up her booksâ¦ As she packs the books back into the bag she hears someone call her nameâ¦ She looks up and finds Sanskaar storming back into the roomâ¦

Sanskaar: Swaraâ¦!!

Swara looks up and right at that moment Sanskaar kisses her foreheadâ¦ and leans towards her cheeks pecking it before storming out of the room with the same speed he came inâ¦!!

Swara keeps standing there in astonishment trying to figure out what did just happenedâ¦

Episode endsâ¦!!

Precap: Swaraâs POVâ¦

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A/N

So, guysâ¦ how was the compensation episodeâ¦!! I hope you liked itâ¦!! It was a pretty long one but the following one wonât be this long as Iâm running short of timeâ¦!! Other than that we are pretty goodâ¦!!

Thanks for loving MITWAA so much and appreciating meâ¦!! Your support really means a lotâ¦!! Love you allâ¦!!